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David Blankenhorn
It's Presidents' Day. A good time to ask: What would Lincoln do?
America's 16th president navigated times even more polarized than today's. But as he saw it, in politics "there are few things wholly evil or wholly good."
Cartoons
Editorial
Apple and Google are aiding repression of Saudi women
E-government service allows men to track their wives and daughters.
Editorial, Dallas Morning News
Too many Americans fail to understand the damage done by blackface
About 1 in 3 say its use is always or sometimes acceptable.
Letters
Cartoons
John Rash
Rash Report: 40 years on, Iran's Islamic Revolution still roils
A juxtaposition of the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and an Iran-focused Mideast security conference in Warsaw.
Editorial
Trump created his own emergency
There's no crisis at the border, yet the president couldn't accept legislative compromise.
David Banks
Green New Deal: Reject neither bold ideas nor scrutiny. Rejoice in the deliberations.
Good policy takes both. Popular support matters, too.
Stephen B. Young
'Moral Capitalism,' the Kennedys and Minnesota
Rep. Joseph Kennedy III wants to highlight the concept heading into 2020. Here's what it's about.
Letters
TIMOTHY TAYLOR
Capitalism with Scandinavian characteristics
What it is, why it's not socialism, and what we in the U.S. might be surprised to learn about it.
Editorial
Weigh all the options to curb health care costs in Minnesota
Are there better ways to aid consumers besides a state reinsurance program?
Letters
Readers Write: Government broadcast funding, Green New Deal, gun background checks in Minnesota, arthritis and disability
Exact time and more, imperiled.
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